France
French unions have been maintaining their strikes and protests against the new law on pensions with a seventh day of action since the beginning of September on Thursday 28 October, with demonstrations continuing into the beginning of November. The next national mobilisation will be on 6 November.
Read more at > CGT (FR)
And at > CFDT (FR)
And at > FO (FR)
Despite some progress in negotiations across the sector, unions are still mobilising their members in order to secure pay increases at sectoral level. A week of action is underway (11-15 May) with a major push planned for 12 May. Read more at > FNME-CGT (FR) And at FNEM-FO (FR)
Members of the VPÖD/SSP public services union are continuing their dispute with ISS Aviation, the cleaning company at Geneva Airport. The cleaners are protesting over the company’s termination of a long-standing collective agreement and cut in wages. The union, backed by the SGB/USS trade union confederation, has also challenged the company over the validity of the PUSH trade union which the company says has signed the new agreement. The union is urging people to sign the online petition. [Read more at > VPÖD/SSP (DE)->http://www.vpod.ch] [Read more at > SSP/ VPÖD (FR)->http://www.ssp-vpod.ch]
